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H. H. MASON.

MOP.

Patented Feb. 15, 1887.

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W/TIVESSESZ- ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY H. MASON, OF SPRINGFIELD, VERMONT.

MOP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,845, dated February15, 1887.

Application filed June 17, 1886. Serial No. 205,389. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY H. Mason, of Springfield, in the county ofWindsor and State ofVermont, have invented acertain new and usefulImprovement in Mops, of which I declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact specification, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming apart thereof.

This invention is in the nature of an improvement in mops; and theinvention 0011- sists in a mop and wringing device combined andconstructed in the mannerhereinafter with particularity shown,described, and claimed.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure l is a side View of my mopand wringing device with the moprag untwisted; Fig. 2, a side viewshowing mop-rag twisted; Fig. 3, an edge, view, partly in section; Fig.4, a plan view of clamp or fixed jaw. Fig. 5 is a section throughwsc,Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.

The purpose of this invention is to improve the old and well-knowncombined mop and wringer.

The combination, therefore, of a mop and wringing device, in itsbroadest sense, I do not pretend or claim to have invented; but theimprovement on the old device which I have invented and now proceed todescribe consists in constructing my mop with a tubular screw, A, to theupper end of which is fixed the lower end of a metal tube, B, and to thelower end of this screw is cast or otherwise secured a fixed jaw, O. Theends of this fixed jaw form guides a. On the tubular screw A is passedamovablejaw, D, the screw passing loosely through a central opening inthat jaw, and the ends of the jaw being recessed to receive the guidesa, as shown at b, Fig. 1; also, on the tubular screw A is fitted a nut,c, suitably threaded to receive the threads of the screw. Into the fixedjawO is formed an opening, which is coincident with the opening throughthetubular screw A, and through this opening, which is indicated at d,Fig. 4, is passed a rod, E, with a head, 6, at its lower end, andwithits upper end fixed to a haft, F, which passes into the metal tube B.

I Now, this is substantially the construction of my combined mop andwringing device, and when so constructed it is operated in this wise:The mop-rag G may be of any suitable length and material. It is doubled,as is shown in Fig. 3, so as to inclose within the bight the head 0 ofthe rod E, and the ends of the rag are passed between the fixed jawG andthe movable jaw D, where they are firmly clamped by screwing the nut adown and tightly against the jaw D. Now, when the haft F is drawntelescopically out of the tube B, the rod E is drawn upward from betweenthe folded mop-rag until the head e of that rod comes in contact withthejaw O. In this position the mop-rag is perfectly flexible, and it isused precisely as any ordinary mop is used. It having been used andsaturated with water, so that it is necessary to wring the water fromthe rag, then the bait F is pushed'downward into the tube B and thrustsoutward through the tubular screw A and jaw O the rod E until its headeis received within the bight of the mop-rag G. The haft F being thenrevolved within the tube B, the rod E is likewise revolved within therag and twists the rag, as shown in Fig. 2, and so expresses from it thewater.

It will be observed that from theconstruction of my combined mop andwringer not only is the rod E inclosed by the mop-rag, but so also isthe fixed jaw O, and if the free ends of the mop-rag are allowed toextend, the movable jaw D is likewise covered by the rag, and this is animportant feature, sincenone of the metal parts of the mop is permittedto come in contact with the floor or furniture and so mar it. It willalso be observed that the clamping of the mop-rag between the jaws iseasily effected by means of a single thumbnut, doing away with therequirements of a wrench.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A combined mop and wringing device constructed with a tubular screw, A,fixed at one end to a metal tube, B, and at its other end to a fixedjaw,0, provided with a perforation, d, and with guides at, a movable jaw, D,a screw-nut, 0, adapted to operate said movable jaw, a rod, E, passingthrough the tubular screw A and through the jaw G, and fixed at one endto a haft, F, as and for the purpose described.

HENRY H. MASON.

In presence of G. M. PLYMPTON, D. A. CARPENTER.

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